Thinking once again that all my ideas for "alternate" family history preservation had been exhausted and not having anything more to share - I remembered something that I can't believe I forgot about. I remember it being my daughter's idea (I don't know why I write as if someone is reading these postings, and the need to protect the identity of those I write about, but I do), however, my daughter says that I gave her the idea...whatever the case, she is the one who created and perfected the idea, so I give her all the credit.
The idea is a wonderful, fun collection of a family member's favorite things, creatively preserved each year as one of that person's birthday presents. It gives such a great glimps into that person at their special time of year - and changes as the years change. Hil would "interview" her brothers, asking them all sorts of very interesting and varied questions - then preserved their answers on a sheet to be placed in their history preserve, to enjoy over and over again, and be surprized about as the years pass.
Pictured below is one such preserve that she so artistically created for one of her brothers.
I always thought it was a great gift as well as way to preserve a little piece of a person's life at a specific time.
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The idea is a wonderful, fun collection of a family member's favorite things, creatively preserved each year as one of that person's birthday presents. It gives such a great glimps into that person at their special time of year - and changes as the years change. Hil would "interview" her brothers, asking them all sorts of very interesting and varied questions - then preserved their answers on a sheet to be placed in their history preserve, to enjoy over and over again, and be surprized about as the years pass.
Pictured below is one such preserve that she so artistically created for one of her brothers.
I always thought it was a great gift as well as way to preserve a little piece of a person's life at a specific time.
These are great, mom! I loved making those favorite pages! And now that I have a cute kid I want to write down all those funny things and sayings... Today he tried to say cookie, milk, kitty {obviously not clearly, but he kept trying to copy me as i repeated them after he repeated me, got that ;} love you! You're great at preserving. oh, and how do you do ads on the sidebar? Do you make money each time someone clicks on them?
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